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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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