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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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