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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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