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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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