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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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