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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources