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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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