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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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