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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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