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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews 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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