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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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