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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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