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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving 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 teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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