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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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