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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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