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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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