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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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