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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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