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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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