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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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