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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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