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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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