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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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