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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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