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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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