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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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