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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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