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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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