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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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