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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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