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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education 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 certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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