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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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