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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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