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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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