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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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