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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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