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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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