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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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