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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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