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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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