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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning 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 stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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