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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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