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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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