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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider 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 organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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