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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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