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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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