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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning 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 teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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