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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources