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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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