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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part 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 for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online 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 participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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