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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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