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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving 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 ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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