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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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