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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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