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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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