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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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