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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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