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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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