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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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