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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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