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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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