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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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