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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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