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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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