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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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