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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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