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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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