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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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