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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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