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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. 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 participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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