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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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