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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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