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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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