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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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