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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-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 stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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