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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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