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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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