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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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