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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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