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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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