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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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