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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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