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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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