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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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