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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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