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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 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 educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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