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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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