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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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