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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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