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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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