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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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