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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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