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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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