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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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