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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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