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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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