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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. 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 quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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