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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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