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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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