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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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