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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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