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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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