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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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