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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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