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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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