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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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