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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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