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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because 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 participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important 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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