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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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