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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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