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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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