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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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