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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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