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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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