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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates 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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