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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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