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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources