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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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