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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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