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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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