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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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