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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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