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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. 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 institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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