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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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