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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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