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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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