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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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