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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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