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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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