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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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