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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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