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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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