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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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