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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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