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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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