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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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