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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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