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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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