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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance 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 teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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