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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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