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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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