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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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