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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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