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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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