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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources