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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major 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