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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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