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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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