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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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