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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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