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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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