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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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