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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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