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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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