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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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