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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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