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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing 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 assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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