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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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