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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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