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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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