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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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