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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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