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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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