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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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