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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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