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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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