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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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