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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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