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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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