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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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