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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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