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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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