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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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