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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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