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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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