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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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