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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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