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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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