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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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