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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business 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 stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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