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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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