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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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