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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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