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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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