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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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