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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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