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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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