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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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