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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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