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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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