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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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