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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education 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 we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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