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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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