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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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