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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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