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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in 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. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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