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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes 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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