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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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