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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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