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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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