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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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