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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates 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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