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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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