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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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