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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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