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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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