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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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