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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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