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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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