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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. 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 quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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