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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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