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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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