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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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