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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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