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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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