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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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