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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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