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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online 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 instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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