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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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