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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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