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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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