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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses 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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