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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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