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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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