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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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