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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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