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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because 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 certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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