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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the 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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