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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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