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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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