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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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