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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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