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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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