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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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