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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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