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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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