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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning 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 make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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