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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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