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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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