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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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