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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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