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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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