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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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