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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews 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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