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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with 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 organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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