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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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