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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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