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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. 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 these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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