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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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