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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education