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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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