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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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