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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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