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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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