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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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