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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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