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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the 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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