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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What 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 low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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