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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because 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 educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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