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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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