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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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