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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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