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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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