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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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