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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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