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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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