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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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