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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning 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 institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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