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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online 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 teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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