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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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