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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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