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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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