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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. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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