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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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