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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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