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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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