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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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