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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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