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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines 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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