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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes 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 massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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