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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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