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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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