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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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