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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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