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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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