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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education