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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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