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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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