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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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