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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology 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 organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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