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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key 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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