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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online 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 organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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