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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education