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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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