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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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