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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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