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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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