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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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