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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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