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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving 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 be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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