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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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