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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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