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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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