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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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