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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. 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 of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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