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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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