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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses 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. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses 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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