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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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