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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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