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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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