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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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