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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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