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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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