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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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