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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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