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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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