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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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