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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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