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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources