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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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