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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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