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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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