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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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