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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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