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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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