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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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