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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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