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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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