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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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