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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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