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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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