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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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