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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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