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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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