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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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