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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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