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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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