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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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