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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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