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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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