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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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