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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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