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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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