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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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