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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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