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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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