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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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