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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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