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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing 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 quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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