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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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