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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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