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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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