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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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