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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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