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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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