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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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