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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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