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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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