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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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