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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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