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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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