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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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