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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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