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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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