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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education 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 organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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