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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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