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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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