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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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