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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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