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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes 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 MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting 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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