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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. 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 assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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