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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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