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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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