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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources