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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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