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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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