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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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