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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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