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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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