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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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