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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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