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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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