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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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