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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that 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 teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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