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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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