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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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