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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today 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 institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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