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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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