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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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