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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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