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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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