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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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