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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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