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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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