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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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