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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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