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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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