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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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