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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. 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 massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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