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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the 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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