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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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