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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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