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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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