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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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