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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. 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 massively open online courses is satisfactory? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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