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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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