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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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