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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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