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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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