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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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