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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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