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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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