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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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