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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-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 we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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