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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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