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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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