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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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