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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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