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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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