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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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