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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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