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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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