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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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