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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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