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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education