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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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