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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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