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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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