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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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