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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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