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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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