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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors 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 teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key 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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