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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online 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 organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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