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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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