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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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