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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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