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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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