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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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