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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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