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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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