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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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