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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider 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 participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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