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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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