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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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