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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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