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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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