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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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