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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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