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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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