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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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