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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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