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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Azerbaijan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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