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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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