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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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