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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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