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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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