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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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