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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting 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 massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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