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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because 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 ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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