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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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