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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online 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 stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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