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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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