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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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