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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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