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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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