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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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