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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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