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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the 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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