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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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