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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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