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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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