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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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