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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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