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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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