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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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