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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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