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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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