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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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