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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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