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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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