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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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