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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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