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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important 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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