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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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