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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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