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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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