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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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