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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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