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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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