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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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