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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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