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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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