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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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