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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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