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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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