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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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