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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)