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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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