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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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