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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning 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 organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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