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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing 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 assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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