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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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