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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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