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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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