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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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