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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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