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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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