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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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