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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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