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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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