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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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