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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources